Dr. Strangelove
@madmax9602.bsky.social
Immunologist by training, gamer by choice, and a Tarheel by the grace of God.
Assistant Prof. trying to make sense of a senseless world
Assistant Prof. trying to make sense of a senseless world
Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson should feel ashamed. They don't, and plenty of people (dems) are willing to support what they're doing given certain axes particular liberals have to grind with Biden.
Still, that book is beyond shameful, particularly for bringing Beau into it. #shame
Still, that book is beyond shameful, particularly for bringing Beau into it. #shame
May 20, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson should feel ashamed. They don't, and plenty of people (dems) are willing to support what they're doing given certain axes particular liberals have to grind with Biden.
Still, that book is beyond shameful, particularly for bringing Beau into it. #shame
Still, that book is beyond shameful, particularly for bringing Beau into it. #shame
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It's ironically parallel to grind culture, telling white men anything that went wrong was *not* because of their ability, their effort, or even just bad luck, but because of DEI.
All to soothe me from just admitting I'm not Solicitor General cuz Elizabeth Prelogar is simply better at that than me.
All to soothe me from just admitting I'm not Solicitor General cuz Elizabeth Prelogar is simply better at that than me.
this confirms something i have long suspected, which is that certain people are told that their professional and academic failures are because of “affirmative action” or “DEI” as a way to avoid difficult conversations about their mediocrity www.wsj.com/lifestyle/ca...
You Blamed DEI for Hurting Your Career. Now What?
For people who pin their failures on diversity, corporate America’s DEI retreat removes a barrier—or maybe an excuse.
www.wsj.com
January 16, 2025 at 12:42 PM
It's ironically parallel to grind culture, telling white men anything that went wrong was *not* because of their ability, their effort, or even just bad luck, but because of DEI.
All to soothe me from just admitting I'm not Solicitor General cuz Elizabeth Prelogar is simply better at that than me.
All to soothe me from just admitting I'm not Solicitor General cuz Elizabeth Prelogar is simply better at that than me.
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This is a long gamer rant, but it's a window into Musk's approach to everything. It's not just he's paying people to level his account; it's how he needs to be known as a gaming god but is so lazy & shameless he doesn't bother learning the game's mechanics to make the ruse work.
Elon Musk Fraud Gamer Situation is Pathetic
YouTube video by penguinz0
youtu.be
January 14, 2025 at 2:20 PM
This is a long gamer rant, but it's a window into Musk's approach to everything. It's not just he's paying people to level his account; it's how he needs to be known as a gaming god but is so lazy & shameless he doesn't bother learning the game's mechanics to make the ruse work.
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BREAKING — Joe Biden has pulled off the impossible: positive job growth EVERY SINGLE MONTH of his presidency.
The last negative month was the last full month of Trump’s first term, December 2020.
The last negative month was the last full month of Trump’s first term, December 2020.
January 11, 2025 at 2:04 AM
BREAKING — Joe Biden has pulled off the impossible: positive job growth EVERY SINGLE MONTH of his presidency.
The last negative month was the last full month of Trump’s first term, December 2020.
The last negative month was the last full month of Trump’s first term, December 2020.
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Well over 5000 people died by the hands of noncitizens under Donald Trump but you won't hear a peep about those people while they exploit Laken Riley's name for political purposes.
January 7, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Well over 5000 people died by the hands of noncitizens under Donald Trump but you won't hear a peep about those people while they exploit Laken Riley's name for political purposes.
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Children receive so many more vaccines these days. Is this ok?
Short answer: This is ok. Today’s vaccines target more diseases and do so more efficiently than older vaccines.
Longer answer: ⬇️
1/7 @kkjetelina.bsky.social @meganranney.bsky.social @jasonlschwartz.bsky.social @enirenberg.bsky.social
Short answer: This is ok. Today’s vaccines target more diseases and do so more efficiently than older vaccines.
Longer answer: ⬇️
1/7 @kkjetelina.bsky.social @meganranney.bsky.social @jasonlschwartz.bsky.social @enirenberg.bsky.social
January 7, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Children receive so many more vaccines these days. Is this ok?
Short answer: This is ok. Today’s vaccines target more diseases and do so more efficiently than older vaccines.
Longer answer: ⬇️
1/7 @kkjetelina.bsky.social @meganranney.bsky.social @jasonlschwartz.bsky.social @enirenberg.bsky.social
Short answer: This is ok. Today’s vaccines target more diseases and do so more efficiently than older vaccines.
Longer answer: ⬇️
1/7 @kkjetelina.bsky.social @meganranney.bsky.social @jasonlschwartz.bsky.social @enirenberg.bsky.social
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🚨In Nature🚨
Meta is dropping fact-checking to avoid anti-conservative bias- but is there actually evidence of bias?
We this test empirically & find that conservatives
* ARE suspended more
* BUT share more misinfo
So suspension isn't necessarily evidence of bias www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Meta is dropping fact-checking to avoid anti-conservative bias- but is there actually evidence of bias?
We this test empirically & find that conservatives
* ARE suspended more
* BUT share more misinfo
So suspension isn't necessarily evidence of bias www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Differences in misinformation sharing can lead to politically asymmetric sanctions - Nature
We find that conservatives tend to share more low-quality news through social media than liberals, and so even if technology companies enact politically neutral anti-misinformation policies, political...
www.nature.com
January 7, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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A rapid detection method of replication-competent plasmid DNA from COVID-19 mRNA vaccines for quality control
A high school project, abused by the plasmid-gate proponents. What does it really show?
jhss.scholasticahq.c...
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A high school project, abused by the plasmid-gate proponents. What does it really show?
jhss.scholasticahq.c...
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A rapid detection method of replication-competent plasmid DNA from COVID-19 mRNA vaccines for quality control | Published in Journal of High School Science
By Tyler J Wang, Alex Kim & 1 more. DNA contamination is the primary reason that undermines public trust in the quality of mRNA vaccines. We report a method to detect residual replication-competent plasmid DNA present in mRNA vaccines.
jhss.scholasticahq.com
January 3, 2025 at 2:45 PM
A rapid detection method of replication-competent plasmid DNA from COVID-19 mRNA vaccines for quality control
A high school project, abused by the plasmid-gate proponents. What does it really show?
jhss.scholasticahq.c...
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A high school project, abused by the plasmid-gate proponents. What does it really show?
jhss.scholasticahq.c...
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I hate the direction lab equipment design has gone in recent years.
I don't want touchscreens, I don't want wifi integration, I don't want centrifuges demanding to know what time zone they're in.
I just want reliable instruments - with physical buttons - that do the one task they were made for.
I don't want touchscreens, I don't want wifi integration, I don't want centrifuges demanding to know what time zone they're in.
I just want reliable instruments - with physical buttons - that do the one task they were made for.
January 2, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I hate the direction lab equipment design has gone in recent years.
I don't want touchscreens, I don't want wifi integration, I don't want centrifuges demanding to know what time zone they're in.
I just want reliable instruments - with physical buttons - that do the one task they were made for.
I don't want touchscreens, I don't want wifi integration, I don't want centrifuges demanding to know what time zone they're in.
I just want reliable instruments - with physical buttons - that do the one task they were made for.
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So, you may ask, why do I get so angry about the new liberal spin on RFK Jr, as in, "he gets some things right, so let's collaborate on those" or "we have to work with him because he has a huge following we need to reach"? Because I've seen this movie before. 1/
January 2, 2025 at 10:55 AM
So, you may ask, why do I get so angry about the new liberal spin on RFK Jr, as in, "he gets some things right, so let's collaborate on those" or "we have to work with him because he has a huge following we need to reach"? Because I've seen this movie before. 1/
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#Georgiaprotests we are the only ones to protest while dancing : khorumi! That is already a victory dance on Day 23!
— Salome Zourabichvili, President of Georgia 🇬🇪🇪🇺
x.com/zourabichvil...
— Salome Zourabichvili, President of Georgia 🇬🇪🇪🇺
x.com/zourabichvil...
December 22, 2024 at 10:44 AM
#Georgiaprotests we are the only ones to protest while dancing : khorumi! That is already a victory dance on Day 23!
— Salome Zourabichvili, President of Georgia 🇬🇪🇪🇺
x.com/zourabichvil...
— Salome Zourabichvili, President of Georgia 🇬🇪🇪🇺
x.com/zourabichvil...
Not good. Not good at all.
“Stanford’s top disinformation research group collapses under pressure *** 2 ongoing lawsuits & 2 congressional inquiries into the Observatory have cost Stanford millions of dollars in legal fees,” while GOP “legislators threaten 2 cut federal funding to universities studying propaganda.” 6/14/24 1/
December 20, 2024 at 4:11 PM
Not good. Not good at all.
Part of my murder 😁 #backyardbirdwatching
December 20, 2024 at 2:55 PM
Part of my murder 😁 #backyardbirdwatching
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Some folks are pretty good seeing things coming.
December 18, 2024 at 11:37 AM
Some folks are pretty good seeing things coming.
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www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Worth restating the evidence for all the conspiracy theory armchair virologists who tell me ‘that’s not what I saw on the internet..’
Worth restating the evidence for all the conspiracy theory armchair virologists who tell me ‘that’s not what I saw on the internet..’
Wuhan lab samples hold no close relatives to virus behind COVID
Shi Zhengli, the virologist at centre of COVID lab-leak theory, reveals coronavirus sequences from Wuhan institute.
www.nature.com
December 19, 2024 at 1:56 PM
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Worth restating the evidence for all the conspiracy theory armchair virologists who tell me ‘that’s not what I saw on the internet..’
Worth restating the evidence for all the conspiracy theory armchair virologists who tell me ‘that’s not what I saw on the internet..’
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Really interesting stuff!
🚨In Science🚨
Conspiracy beliefs famously resist correction, ya?
WRONG: We show brief convos w GPT4 reduce conspiracy beliefs by ~20%!
-Lasts over 2mo
-Works on entrenched beliefs
-Tailored AI response rebuts specific evidence offered by believers
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Conspiracy beliefs famously resist correction, ya?
WRONG: We show brief convos w GPT4 reduce conspiracy beliefs by ~20%!
-Lasts over 2mo
-Works on entrenched beliefs
-Tailored AI response rebuts specific evidence offered by believers
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
1/
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December 18, 2024 at 4:11 PM
Really interesting stuff!
The paper that sparked interest in ivermectin was also retracted. Go figure 🤷♂️
Breaking news: A 2020 paper that sparked widespread enthusiasm for hydroxychloroquine as a #COVID19 treatment has been retracted, following campaigning by scientists who alleged the research contained major scientific flaws and may have breached ethics regulations. scim.ag/4iR9bQ6
Infamous paper that popularized unproven COVID-19 treatment finally retracted
Study on hydroxychloroquine by Didier Raoult and colleagues gets pulled on ethical and scientific grounds
scim.ag
December 17, 2024 at 7:25 PM
The paper that sparked interest in ivermectin was also retracted. Go figure 🤷♂️
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Where are all of the “free speech” MAGA people? Trump is suing Ann Selzer and her firm for releasing a poll in Iowa before the election and all of the Trump supporters have no problem with it after screaming “free speech” for months! Total hypocrites!
December 17, 2024 at 1:19 PM
Where are all of the “free speech” MAGA people? Trump is suing Ann Selzer and her firm for releasing a poll in Iowa before the election and all of the Trump supporters have no problem with it after screaming “free speech” for months! Total hypocrites!
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Here Tennessean opinion editor @davidplazas.bsky.social says he hasn’t gone “full MAGA” but tells marginalized communities who feel threatened by Trump to “seek common ground with adversaries” & “embrace those who are hurting”
(TLDR: It’s gonna be a long 4 years)
www.tennessean.com/story/opinio...
(TLDR: It’s gonna be a long 4 years)
www.tennessean.com/story/opinio...
December 17, 2024 at 6:40 PM
Here Tennessean opinion editor @davidplazas.bsky.social says he hasn’t gone “full MAGA” but tells marginalized communities who feel threatened by Trump to “seek common ground with adversaries” & “embrace those who are hurting”
(TLDR: It’s gonna be a long 4 years)
www.tennessean.com/story/opinio...
(TLDR: It’s gonna be a long 4 years)
www.tennessean.com/story/opinio...
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VP at JP Morgan uncovered as man behind neo-Nazi Twitter account
www.lonestarlive.com/news/2024/12...
www.lonestarlive.com/news/2024/12...
Texas JP Morgan VP ‘no longer at the firm’ after being connected to neo-Nazi account on X
JP Morgan Chase, one of America’s leading financial services firms, has fired a vice president at its Plano branch after he was revealed to be the operator of a major neo-Nazi social media account.
www.lonestarlive.com
December 17, 2024 at 3:07 PM
VP at JP Morgan uncovered as man behind neo-Nazi Twitter account
www.lonestarlive.com/news/2024/12...
www.lonestarlive.com/news/2024/12...
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neither one of you credited anyone who Put in the Work of writing and reporting the article. bylines cropped and links nowhere to be found but you need *your* name mentioned?
It is poor form to steal someone else's Bluesky posts, down to copying my screenshot, without any credit
Left (8:55 AM); Right (9:06 AM)
This is engagement farming and it results in people following folks who engage in this kind of unethical practice, rather than people putting in the work
Left (8:55 AM); Right (9:06 AM)
This is engagement farming and it results in people following folks who engage in this kind of unethical practice, rather than people putting in the work
December 17, 2024 at 12:45 PM
neither one of you credited anyone who Put in the Work of writing and reporting the article. bylines cropped and links nowhere to be found but you need *your* name mentioned?